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Google said Tuesday (May 20) that it expects smart glasses equipped with its extended reality (XR) operating system, Android XR, and its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini, to become a convenient and always present AI assistant.
The firm said this in a Tuesday blog post announcing that it has partnered with eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to create Android XR-equipped...
Keep has emerged from stealth mode and announced it raised 108 million Canadian dollars (about $78 million) to support the development of its financial platform for Canada’s small businesses.
This small business banking platform includes solutions designed to meet the requirements of Canadian tax systems, banking regulations and business needs, Keep said in a Tuesday (May 20) press release.
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Google unveiled a slew of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered upgrades across its vast product landscape, from Search and Android to glasses, cloud services and personalized assistants.
At its 2025 I/O conference this week, Google said its most advanced AI model, Gemini 2.5, will underpin agentic, multimodal, personalized and immersive capabilities that it plans to bring to its suite of...
Apple reportedly plans to introduce tools that will let third-party developers write software using the large language models that power Apple Intelligence.
The company is set to announce the software development kit and other resources that will allow this capability on June 9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (May 20), citing unnamed sources.
Apple did not...
For untold decades, global trade has run on an unlikely fuel: paperwork. And for an equal amount of decades, trade finance, which hinges on mitigating the risks inherent in international transactions, has also run on paper.
But in an era where cargo ships are tracked by satellite and invoices processed by AI, digital-native solutions like trade finance automation are coming to pressure old...
Google said Tuesday (May 20) that it has begun rolling out AI Mode in its Search experience in the United States after testing it in Google Labs beginning in March.
AI Mode will appear in a new tab in Search and in the search bar in the Google app, according to a Tuesday blog post.
The company began testing AI Mode, which is its most powerful AI search, after rolling out AI Overviews last year...
A more multipolar system of trade and capital could emerge from the current disruptions caused by tariffs, Citi CEO Jane Fraser wrote in a Friday (May 16) blog post.
Tariffs have disrupted trust, supply lines and planning cycles, and their impact will take time to settle even if the tariffs are eased, according to the post.
“We are entering a new phase of globalization — one less defined by...
The U.K.’s Competition Appeal Tribunal announced its judgment Tuesday (May 20) in a long-running class action lawsuit that was brought against Mastercard over its swipe fees.
The judgment determines the distribution of the settlement of 200 million pounds that was announced in February, the Competition Appeal Tribunal said in a summary of the judgment.
It approves the settlement sought by the...
Google is adding shopping features in search as it faces competition from artificial intelligence chatbots for eCommerce transactions.
At the search giant’s annual I/O conference Tuesday (May 20), the company announced that Google Search’s AI Mode will soon be able to shop for products on behalf of users, bringing up websites that sell goods and letting users do virtual try-ons if applicable....
JustPaid has added several new features to its B2B-focused revenue automation platform.
The company announced this update Tuesday (May 20) while also revealing it had been granted SOC 2 compliance, meaning JustPaid “has demonstrated adherence to a set of security and privacy standards, ensuring the secure management of customer data and systems,” the company said in a news release.
Among the...